The Language of Heroes: Speech and Performance in the Iliad
Richard P. Martin
288 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0801480701
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 1993
Drawing on recent studies in ethnography and sociolinguistics, Richard Martin here sets forth a poetics of Homeric speeches, which he sees not merely as poetic creations but as the representation of an actual form of speaking in a traditional culture.